Crashing zones

[swish]

hey guys =P

I was wondering. I run my server and slowly the servers crash (or something). After likee an hour there is only 3 zones left from 10. What can I do about it ?
It is preventing people to log in =\

Thanks,
Swish.

[soulshot]

Having same issue the zones end up start stopping over and over. You can open up more zones though... eventually have to restart server anyways.

[swish]

I think i got it though. I reboot the machine.

Though, how do I know it wont happand again ?
How do I boot up more zones ?

Thanks =)

[Thristam]

To boot up more zones:
In table Launcher on the DB you can set how many active dynamic zones you want to have. you can just set the number to what you want. These are zones that are up as long as somone zones into them, then shut down once there is no players in them.

If you want the zone to be up all time, even when no one is in it, (static), use the table Launcher_Zones.

Example: To set Greater Faydark to be static, you would type

INSERT into Launcher_Zones ('zones',gfaydark,7001);

This tells the Emu to use the zone service 'zones' to boot 'gfaydark' (the short name of the zone) on port 7001. You have to use a different port for every static zone.

Adding alot of static zones can be a really bad idea unless you have alot of memory to back it up. I think mine can reach up to about a max of 45 megs, but usually i average about 30 meg per zone. leave room for the SQL server and services too ;)

If its just you and a couple of friends, i would suggest sticking to dynamic zones.

[swish]

Thanks guys =P Its working now.

Swish.